Photo Friday - On Display

Sometimes it feels like we own a mini-museum of Moran History.  And as such, it's impossible to display everything that we'd like to showcase.  We were able to save one piece of furniture that had been dismantled and stored in the parlor.  It's a wonderful old desk/bookcase made in Cincinnati by Mitchell and Rammelsberg who operated between 1847 and 1881.  I've set up some pieces on display and took a few pictures and thought I'd share this one today.

There are a few old keys and a very old leather eyeglass holder with goldframe glasses inside.  We think those belonged to Lyman Taft Gunn.  There are two seals with an "M" on each.  One of them has a lovely amethyst stone at the end.  There's a small ladies pocket watch which may have belonged to Sophia Riley Gunn Moran.  The tintype frame is from the 1800's however James H. Moran IV removed the tintype and placed a photograph of his daughter in the frame.  We have several tintypes but no clue if any of them are the one that went with the frame.  And there's an assortment of books belonging to the Gunns.  Oh, and on top of the books is a fob.  There would've been an ornament of some kind, possibly a jewel, at the end but that's long been missing.  By candlelight it's almost like living in another era.

Thursday's Treasure - Godey's Women 1800's

This Godey's Fashion Plate is either from 1890 or 1850.  The date is a bit faded and I can't decided which it is.  :)  I haven't found any other Godey's prints so this might have been used as a room decoration or perhaps one of the Moran girls wanted to try to duplicate one of the dresses and used it as a guide.  Either way it's a wonderful little little treasure from the past.

1893 Wedding Wednesday - Walsh & Sullivan Nuptials

Today's featured wedding invitation is to the wedding of Jenny Walsh and Belton O'Neal Sullivan.  They were married on November 28th, 1893 in Jackson Tennessee.  To date I've not found a family connection between the Walsh/Sullivan families to the Moran family so it's possible they were just some of the many friends.  Should a family connection show itself later I'll update this information

The William Kirby Walsh Home, ca 1870's
Jackson TN.  It's on the
National Register of Historic Homes.

Jenny Walsh, the bride, was one of the daughters of William Kirby Walsh of North Carolina and Talitha Jane Anderson of Purdy, Tennessee.  Her mother passed away in 1878 and two years later her father died.  Since neither of her parents were alive to give her away in marriage her sister Annette Walsh McClaran and her brother in law Robert Smith McClaran had the honor.

Belton O'Neal Sullivan, the groom, was the son of Dr. James Madison Sullivan of South Carolina and his second wife, Elizabeth S. Vaughan Sullivan.  The Sullivan's have a long and distinguished lineage and played a prominent role in the history of South Carolina.

Jenny and Belton were blessed with several children: Annette, Belton Jr.,  Marion, Elizabeth (married Frank Caldwell), and William.

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith McClaran

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of their sister

Jenny Walsh,

to

Mr. Belton O'Neal Sullivan,

on Tuesday November the twenty eighth,

eighteen hundred and ninety three,

at high noon.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Jackson Tennessee










 

This is William Kirby Walsh Sullivan, one of Jenny and Belton's children.
He attended Vanderbilt University.  The photo comes from the school annual, The Commodore, for 1930.